#AAA279#AAA279

#AAA279 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.057 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA279
RGB	rgb(170, 162, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 28.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -3.68, 22.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 22.72, 99.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0083 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.057 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9493, 35.7679, 23.2536)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA279 #7981AA

analogous

#AA8A79 #AAA279 #9AAA79

triadic

#AAA279 #79AAA2 #A279AA

tetradic

#AAA279 #79AA8A #7981AA #AA799A

square

#AAA279 #79AA8A #7981AA #AA799A

split-complementary

#AAA279 #799AAA #8A79AA

monochromatic

#676141 #8D8459 #AAA279 #C2BC9E #DAD6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AAA279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#AAA279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA279

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA279	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9F76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.057 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bda0',
    500: '#aaa279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa279;
$custom-light: #c4bda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 22.374,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70857,
    "c": 0.05707,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA279

secondary

#B5B9C9

accent

#77BF69

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA279

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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